Nice research, soybon. And I like this line: Instead of seeing this as Haley “managing his staff,” I see it more as Haley “staffing his management.”

From 99-00 to the Jets went from 28th to 6th in passing yards.

Nice to hear from you :) Rec

And whoever put up that post where Haley stopped Whisenhunt from interrupting Fitz because he knew Fitz was talking to his mama thank you.

You gave me a reset button push on my thinking. I was wrong. I am negative about Haley and it’s not constructive in any way. I haven’t given the most passionate coach since Marty even half a chance to learn his way into this job.

He cares. A LOT! I believe in him again. Articles like this one and that one, are needed from time to time, to help with our attitudes.
Thanks man.

Rec’d.

Very nice job. I don’t have much else to add to it.

grrrr slow day huh chiefs fans? how yall coping? lol

What are you a detective? 1999?

Wooooooo boobies!
Yay mobile comenting!

Do you damn yanks do Jag Bombs? Cuz they are good times.

I don’t think military guys (and we have a lot of ‘em, here) have much respect for this kind of shuffling around, and, to some in the media, as well, the demotion of Gailey was a sign of an organization in disarray. Heard that, today. This kind of shuffling things around is what you do when you’re in “revision” mode. And it’s NOT a sign of an organization in disarray. It’s a sign of an offensive unit that isn’t very good, and an organization that’s willing to make change when what’s happening isn’t working.

Haley never (publicly) blamed Gailey for that, but Gailey was something that COULD be changed, and NObody should be very secure until the Chiefs start winning, and if they wanna KEEP winning, it should STILL be a meritocracy, where being good LAST year has nothing to do with how you’re being assessed THIS year.

I have some military veterans as students in the math classes I teach, and they oftentimes struggle with my approach to learning. To them, the emphasis is all on getting it RIGHT the first time, when learning is (ugh!) a process that only works if you’re willing to try and fail a few times. I’m more of an academic, so I’m USED to just roughing something in (i.e. 1st draft), then polishing it, tearing out chunks and putting in chunks, polishing some more, until I have a finished product. This approach is foreign to a lot of people. A good carpenter would be APPALLED by such an attitude. You can’t be tearin’ out the cabinets after you put ’em in your kitchen.

But that’s the way learning works, and good learners waste a lot of paper. These days I have to tell my students that it’s stupid to save trees by using less paper in school. The idea is to get a good job, make some money, and plant a hundred trees! Heh.

Saying there’s no way the offense will be any good, because you fired/demoted your offensive coordinator makes a great sound bite, and it’ll fall in line with the facts, when the offense almost certainly WILL struggle. The fact that the offense has problems is why the coordinator was demoted. The problems on offense preceded any fallout from a coaching change.

It’s like sayin’ a guy is a shitty runner because of that stupid cast on his leg, when the guy’s wearin’ the cast because the leg is broke! It’s the busted leg that’s the problem, not the treatment.

with moving staffing around like he has, has been the timing of it all. It was NOT good timing to fire you’re OC 2 weeks before the season started. Generally, doing something like that, is an indication, that there isn’t a clear focus or goal. Rather, it’s a last ditch effort. You have no idea what else to do, so you think demoting a guy will help motivate your team/coaching staff, it rarely works in buisness, and I doubt it will work here. I think at the outset, there were clear goals and objectives, hopefully, that included winning ballgames, but obviously, the path that they’re taking isn’t going to work quickly, these kinds of moves, tell me they expected to win quickly. I think Haley is in a bit over his head, and last ditch efforts, just because it worked for parcells (who is by far and away a better coach) doesn’t mean it will do anything for haley and the 2009 chiefs.

From demoting coaches to pulling coaches off the field. I may not agree with everything he does. But there is one thing I am certain of about Haley, that no one wants to win more than him.